Speaker Schedule

Phil has been guiding battlefield tours for over ten years where his combination of story-telling skills, knowledge and passion for history takes you inside the battle in a way that few historians can. He has been studying military history since his teenage years and has made numerous trips to the battlefields of Europe to investigate, research and remember. Some of the most poignant spots we visit have come as the result of Phil ‘tripping over them’ during his battlefield discovery tours

Phil is a passionate traveler, whether it be the rolling hills of the Somme, the storied landscape of Britain or the more recent battlefields of Germany and Italy. They each have their poignant stories of service and sacrifice and Phil is honoured to be able to share them with you.”

Phil is co-founder of the Georgina Military Museum in Keswick, Ontario and has won many awards for his military historical work including the prestigious Ontario Heritage Trust Award. 

He recently became the proud recipient of the Minister of Veteran Affairs Commendation, awarded to individuals “who have contributed in an exemplary manner to the remembrance of the contributions, sacrifices and achievements of Veterans.” Phil continues to make himself available as a guest speaker to ensure that the stories are never forgotten. He is the proud father of four  university graduate children - two with Masters degrees and one pursuing her doctorate. 

“Phil Craig is Co-Founder, Lead Historian and Master Story-Teller for Liberation Tours. He’s also a professional actor with numerous credits in film, television and stage including seasons with the prestigious Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario, Canada. In 2014 Phil embarked on a world tour in the highly successful stage production The Last Confession starring David Suchet (who many will know as BBC’s Inspector Hercule Poirot). Film-goers will recognize Phil as Rachel McAdams’ father in the hit movie The Time Traveler’s Wife or recall seeing him with Russel Crowe in Cinderella Man, or alongside Ralph Fiennes in David Cronenburg’s Spider. More recently he appears in the award winning Hardy Boys series and guest starred in the NBC mini-series Five Days at Memorial. He can also be seen in The Handmaid’s Tale, The Exorcist and in the acclaimed Netflix horror series Hemlock Grove. He has contributed several memorable characters for the CBC hit series Murdoch Mysteries and continues to lend his voice to numerous radio ad spots. Much to his chagrin, he is often remembered as the guy in the Lotto 6/49 commercial that gives away cottages to his family – and that commercial was a long time ago!

Constable Sarah Hendrick is a 20 year member of the Ontario Provincial Police. 

For the last 3 years, she has been a Canine Officer.  Her two partners are a 4 year old Belgium Malinois named Janus and a 3 year old Labrador Retriever named Finny.  Sarah is stationed out of the Nottawasaga OPP detachment in Alliston, serving the Simcoe region, Dufferin and Caledon as well as Huronia West and Collingwood.

Janus is a general service dog that tracks people and detects firearms and drugs.  Finny is a search and rescue dog that locates missing and lost individuals.